'eHealthy News You Can Use' Mercola 2-20-02

Most Parents Clueless on How to Treat Fevers in Kids - Fever is not a disease, but rather a symptom of an illness. Fever is maligned and misunderstood. Read how to better understand this common and useful childhood problem.

Most Doctors Who Set Guidelines Have Industry Ties - Ever wonder why the government has some unusual health recommendations? Over 90 of the "experts" have a paid relationship with the drug companies.

$100 Billion For Medicare Prescriptions Will Further Devastate US Medicine - The US already spends $500 billion on drugs and now Congress wants to boost that up by another $100 billion, most of which is pure profit for the drug companies.

EFT Discussion With Gary Craig - Gary Craig, the founder of EFT, and I recently had an email exchange that he shared with his email group which I am making available in the newsletter for my readers to enjoy.

Lifestyle Changes Better Than Drugs for Diabetes - Ten percent of Americans have diabetes. This is an epidemic. The prestigious NEJM validates that lifestyle is far more effective than drugs to control this problem.

Dieting? Make Sure You Have Bright Lights Around - Read about the important effects that the amount of light you receive can have on your diet and overall health.

Stress Often Leads to Overeating and Extra Weight - People often use food as a way to cope with stress. Read about some other practical options.

Even Mild Stress Can Raise Blood Pressure - More evidence supporting the belief that the vast majority of heart disease and cancer is foundationally related to unresolved emotional conflict.

Impaired Gallbladder Function Linked to Depression - Read about how normal gallbladder function is helpful in treating depression.

Early Alzheimer's Treatment Can Cut Costs - Alzheimer's is expected to triple over the next generation. Read about practical proactive approaches to prevent this devastating disease.

Zocor Raises Insulin Levels -- Diet is Better - A recent JAMA study shows the superiority of using diet over the statin drug Zocor. Diet lowers insulin levels and Zocor increases them.

20 Million Americans at Risk for Kidney Disease - Due to lack of proper testing, many Americans may be at high risk for a kidney infection and not even know it.

Measles Vaccine Linked to New Bowel Disease - A new study showed that measles virus is present in children with a new form of bowel disease and the defect is linked to the triple measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination.

Speeding Up Heartbeat May Improve Sleep Apnea - Understanding the mechanism by which cardiac pacing improves sleep apnea will provide clues to how to properly treat this problem.

How Men and Women Dish Out Rejection - Rejection is quite a difficult for anyone to face. Read about how we deal with this obstacle in our everyday lives.

We Lie About Ourselves to Get Dates - Lying occurs in everyday life. It occurs as we seek to attract people. It occurs in a variety of contexts, and in most cases it's probably not harmful.

Upcoming Course/Seminar Information

The Klinghardt Seminars in Applied Neurobiology - A complete course, taught by Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD, in today's most important and effective healing technologies for health care practitioners just entering the alternative field - but also for the most advanced CAM practitioner.

SkaSys Seminar - Dr. Hans Lechner is a German dentist who worked for the last 15 years with EAV (electroacupuncture). He has developed the next generation EAV equipment that combines scalar wave broadcasting and computer equipment along with arm length testing. There are currently ten units in the US and I have owned one since January. He is giving a lecture in Chicago in February.

Vaccine Seminars - Opportunities to attend live lectures around the country on this vitally important issue of our times. Have your specific questions personally answered with practical alternatives.

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